Enduring Empire: Ancient Lessons for Global Politics

An exploration of the ways in which ancient theories of empire can inform our understanding of present-day international relations, Enduring Empire engages in a serious discussion of empire as it relates to American foreign policy and global politics.

The imperial power dynamics of ancient Athens and Rome provided fertile ground for the deliberations of many classical thinkers who wrote on the nature of empire: contemplating political sovereignty, autonomy, and citizenship as well as war, peace, and civilization in a world where political boundaries were strained and contested. The contributors to this collection prompt similar questions with their essays and promote a serious contemporary consideration of empire in light of the predominance of the United States and of the doctrine of liberal democracy.

Featuring essays from some of the leading thinkers in the fields of political science, philosophy, history, and classics, Enduring Empire illustrates how lessons gleaned from the Athenian and Roman empires can help us to understand the imperial trajectory of global politics today.

Author: David Tabachnick
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780802095213

About the Author
Koivukoski, Toivo: -

Toivo Koivukoski is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at Nipissing University.

Tabachnick, David: - David Edward Tabachnick is a professor in the Department of Political Science, Philosophy and Economics at Nipissing University.

This title is not returnable